ENVS195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United Nations Human Rights Council, North American Free Trade Agreement, Westphalian Sovereignty
1 Jun 2016
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Water is related to everything humans do. In every faith, water is equated to life itself. Settlements in the last 10,000 years have relied on water proper quality, sanitation and significant to sustaining life. Worlds human population tripled during the twentieth century. In many places current consumption levels cannot be maintained from existing sources with present efficiencies. Nearly 9million people lack adequate access to potable water. 2. 6 billion people do not have adequate sanitation. Water-related diseases are leading contributors to illness and death particularly in the less developed countries. 1. 5 million children under 5 years old die annually from water-related illnesses. Water issues, any satisfactory ethic must extend beyond human relationships at the individual level. It must involve obligations: among communities and nations, between humans and non-humans species and ecosystems, between us today and the generations to come. A set or system of moral principles or values that guides the actions or decisions of an individual or group.
